Taiwan's first domestically-made submarine prototype, known as the Hai Kun, has been spotted floating in a harbor in ...

Taiwan unveiled the first of eight new submarines in late September, though it won't enter service until next year. The program has drawn on expertise and technology from several countries - a ...

The military arguments against Taiwan’s investment in a new submarine fleet are substantial. Even when all eight vessels are built, they will be vastly outnumbered by their PLA Navy equivalents ...

The new models will come equipped with a Lockheed ... Seven countries reportedly provided technology to help Taiwan build its submarine fleet, a sign of how concerned some nations may feel about ...

Taiwan previously has said it plans to build a total of eight indigenous submarines. Asked about the new submarine at a monthly press briefing on Thursday, China’s Defense Ministry likened the ...

Taiwan has unveiled its first domestically-made submarine as it bolsters its defences against a possible Chinese attack. President Tsai Ing-wen presided over the launch ceremony in the port city ...

Taiwan unveiled the first of eight planned ... this week mocked the new submarine by saying Taiwanese authorities were "daydreaming." China's "multidimensional anti-submarine network" of aircraft ...

The submarine – named “Hai Kun” – is one of eight new vessels being developed under a multibillion-dollar program to bolster Taiwan’s naval defenses in the event of war with China.

"It is the concrete realisation of our resolution to protect” Taiwan, president Tsai Ing-wen said at the launch ceremony. The president initiated the plan in 2016 to add eight new submarines to ...

Its first domestically built submarine was unveiled last fall and will undergo sea trials soon. Taiwan hopes to employ its fleet to deter an increasingly aggressive China. Taiwan is pushing forward ...